The Inevitable

So I had the um... pleasure?... of serving on a Federal Jury last week and this week. It was enlightening to say the least. So after missing a ton of work for pneumonia, and only being back for 3 weeks or so, I was out again for a week of jury duty. Thank goodness it's over!

A couple of weeks ago, one of my patients (HI FAITH!) mentioned that her boyfriend was sick. When I asked a few more questions, she shared that he has been undergoing treatment recently for Lymphoma. I told her all about TNT, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and our marathon coming up in June. I promised to walk a mile or 7 for him. I had the pleasure of meeting Chris last week. He's finished his chemo, and is feeling well. It was great for me to meet him-- it was a great reminder that all this walking and fundraising is for a good cause!

The list of people I will be walking for just grows. I only hope that someday there will be no list at all! It means we've walked our way to a cure.

Training has been going well. I have decided to do the half marathon. At this point, I would rather finish the half well than spend the next 3 months worried that I won't finish the full. So I have made the inevitable decision. I feel good about it. The bottom line is, I am still raising just as much money for the Society, and 13.1 miles is still a really freakin' long way! This certainly isn't my last marathon with TNT, so I can decide for future races to tackle the full marathon (Disney '08, anyone?).

I am up to 6 miles as of Sunday. Dan did 12-- the guy is amazing! He was walking a 13 minute mile at one point during practice. No fair that he has such long legs! But I am walking away. I got a really big blister at Sunday's practice, and have been hobbling around like a little old lady for the past couple of days. Dr. Scholl's Blister Patches are my new best friends!

Thank you to everyone who has sent in donations recently. I PROMISE, I will get back on track with personal thank you notes. If you haven't received one yet, please know how much we appreciate your contribution, and keep an eye on your mailbox for a real thank you note!

Next weekend, we will miss our first practice of the season. Our dear friends Paul and Kate will be visiting from CT, so we will be having fun with them. (Who said getting up at the crack of dawn on a weekend to walk 12 miles in the cold isn't fun?) We plan to go out and do our long mileage on Sunday afternoon, after Kate and Paul head home. Kate's dad is a cancer survivor, and he's one of my heroes that I'll walk for!

Thanks for checking in on our progress. Every week, I promise myself that I will be better about posting... sigh... better luck this week, I guess!

GO TEAM!
-Sara